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and back in 2011 darden announced a partnership with michelle obama and her let's move campaign saying that they were going to provide healthy food for kids at the olive garden. well, the same moment they made that announcement with michelle obama, a server in a fayetteville, north carolina, olive garden was forced to work with hepatitis a because she didn't have paid sick days. and 3,000 people had to get tested for hep a, forced by the local health department, filed a consumer class action against the restaurant and won. and that same year there were two nor provirus -- norovirus outbreaks, the winter stomach flu, there were two outwreaks in olive gardens, one in indiana and one in illinois. and i ask you, how healthy can the food be for your kids if you are going to expose them to hepatitis a and stomach flu? it can't be that healthy. not just for you and your family, but for the workers, for their coworkers, even for the employers. this is a public health disaster, and it is certainly a moral disaster. that people are living off their tips to the point where they cannot afford to d
and back in 2011 darden announced a partnership with michelle obama and her let's move campaign saying that they were going to provide healthy food for kids at the olive garden. well, the same moment they made that announcement with michelle obama, a server in a fayetteville, north carolina, olive garden was forced to work with hepatitis a because she didn't have paid sick days. and 3,000 people had to get tested for hep a, forced by the local health department, filed a consumer class action...
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and the first lady, michelle obama. [cheers and applause] the vice president of the united states, joe biden and dr. jill biden. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> on their way towards 17th street. [cheers and applause] coming into your section now. [cheers and applause] the president of the united states and the first lady followed by the vice president of the united states, joe biden and dr. jill biden. [cheers and applause] the united states secret serviceup -- uniform division. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> this is your chance to really show your appreciation for the president of the united states, barack obama and the first lady, michelle obama as well as the vice president of the united states, joe biden and dr. jill biden. on their way to the dispersing area on 17th street. [inaudible conve
and the first lady, michelle obama. [cheers and applause] the vice president of the united states, joe biden and dr. jill biden. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> on their way towards 17th street. [cheers and applause] coming into your section now. [cheers and applause] the president of the united states and the first lady followed by the vice president of the united states, joe biden and dr. jill biden. [cheers and applause] the...
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they'll be meeting with president obama and first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also address the governors, and that'll happen at about 10:45 eastern. we will have live coverage of that here on c-span2. and we have more now from the national governors' association session focused on education, specifically the training, recruitment and retention of teachers and education leaders. governors heard from two presenters on the subject, co-director of the advocacy group public interest and an education scholar with the american enterprise institute. the discussion was led by connecticut governor dan malloy who chairs the national governors' association education and work force committee, also vice chair iowa governor terry branstad. this entire session lasts about an hour and a half. we'll show you as much of it as we can until the event with the president, and that'll happen in 45 minutes. >> the meeting of the national governors' association education and work force committee is called to order. thank you for joining us
they'll be meeting with president obama and first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also address the governors, and that'll happen at about 10:45 eastern. we will have live coverage of that here on c-span2. and we have more now from the national governors' association session focused on education, specifically the training, recruitment and retention of teachers and education leaders. governors heard from two presenters on the subject, co-director of the...
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michelle obama. ♪ [applause] [applause] >> good morning. we've had a wonderful time together to discuss issues. thanks for your attention. it's overwhelming -- >> [inaudible] >> yes, have a seat. please, sorry. [laughter] >> thank you. >> it's overwhelming to think of the pathway that each person took to get to this event today. some from little villages halfway around the world, and some from just 12 blocks away. thank you. this event taken place for 61 years now began with a group of people that happened to be leaders wanting to get together for breakfast and prayer. one thing i know for sure is life is complicated and is likely to get more complicated. but as the senate of the weekly prayer group we've learned taking time each week to meet and take off the disguises that we wear and pray and share our lives together makes life better. in the modern world and especially in a city like this, there are thousands of things that drive us apart. politics, ideology and even religion. we come together in the spirit of jesus who told us to love o
michelle obama. ♪ [applause] [applause] >> good morning. we've had a wonderful time together to discuss issues. thanks for your attention. it's overwhelming -- >> [inaudible] >> yes, have a seat. please, sorry. [laughter] >> thank you. >> it's overwhelming to think of the pathway that each person took to get to this event today. some from little villages halfway around the world, and some from just 12 blocks away. thank you. this event taken place for 61 years...
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michelle obama described her disabled father rising every morning to head off to work. she recounted how she and her brother fulfilled their father's dreams by going to college for which her father probably helped pay. you see, said the first lady, for my dad that's what it meant to be a man. it won't happen. it surely won't happen but it will be nice if president obama uses the second inaugural address to refrain from a call to ask not what your country can do for you not to herald the new age of public service but to remind americans that strong individuals and families are still the essential prerequisite to successful americans. i think fame for helping change welfare as we meet. before i end, i need to say the biggest key to success of all was the recipients themselves. we've been in the government and press releases and promotional material like to say that we place people in jobs or got jobs for this number of people but anyone who actually does that work knows the person who gets the job is the person who gets the job, and that act thousands of thousands of time
michelle obama described her disabled father rising every morning to head off to work. she recounted how she and her brother fulfilled their father's dreams by going to college for which her father probably helped pay. you see, said the first lady, for my dad that's what it meant to be a man. it won't happen. it surely won't happen but it will be nice if president obama uses the second inaugural address to refrain from a call to ask not what your country can do for you not to herald the new age...
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obama. -- monopoly. that is essential to a healthy market. recently two of the four legacy carriers in the -- and u.s. airways announced plans to merge. the results entity would be called american airlines lead by u.s. air's chief executive office. the department of justice must review this. it's a technical inyour i are and the department should be guided by the facts and the law. the basic question that the department should seek to answer is how this merger's impacts on competition would affect consumer welfare. congress has an oversight responsibility to insure -- ensure that the department of justice conducts it is in thorough, fair, and reasonably prompt fashion. the department should ask whether it would enable american to raise ticket prices or ancillary fees, or reduce services especially routes currently served by both airlines. it should ask whether there's sufficient competition on the routes such as from low cost carriers to keep a post merger american airlines in competitive check. it shoul
obama. -- monopoly. that is essential to a healthy market. recently two of the four legacy carriers in the -- and u.s. airways announced plans to merge. the results entity would be called american airlines lead by u.s. air's chief executive office. the department of justice must review this. it's a technical inyour i are and the department should be guided by the facts and the law. the basic question that the department should seek to answer is how this merger's impacts on competition would...
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i am not placing any blame on michele obama because we have such a polarized situation in washingtoledg who would be the best at this? i doncommn thanow enough about first lady's. one has to admire a variety of things usout apoli ntic.ber of. i don't know enough about contemporary fot pst ladies to offer a goatic answer. i see another question in the back. >> m.wonder if you send a copy of the book to the president and of the book to the president and mrs. d bama yet? >> good idea. i doncomm think we have but we should do that. okay. any others? we have one more. >> i suppose i have to use the mic. >> y fs. >> you mentioned how you did some of your early research, but go back a steir before that. how did you pick a subject to do research on? >> partly a consequence of l leimpng at the calendar and saying room, 2012, 1812. there may be an opportunity to get some attention to this subject and also my previous ic.b leks, the last b l about george washington, the other was about thomas jefferson. there is a kind of logic to writing usout the federal era having done that. i was in this gener
i am not placing any blame on michele obama because we have such a polarized situation in washingtoledg who would be the best at this? i doncommn thanow enough about first lady's. one has to admire a variety of things usout apoli ntic.ber of. i don't know enough about contemporary fot pst ladies to offer a goatic answer. i see another question in the back. >> m.wonder if you send a copy of the book to the president and of the book to the president and mrs. d bama yet? >> good idea....
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and michelle obama. us weekly is the same, people magazine. there are so many outlets that have no interest in washington because they were traditionally thought of as boring and stale. but just in the past four years and is significantly out. >> host: from politico this evening, people watching in washington, d.c. the headline is mccain it's a tv show, the daughter of senator john mccain. we go to michigan next, to hear from glen. >> i would like to say a couple things about professor hall's appearance of politicians and that kind of thing. one is i guess it means the clich the caller showed this more seriously though, i kind of disagree. i really don't care what any of these people look like. i feel that this kind of underestimating the audience. i think it is really a big problem. that's where you get a lot of this nonsense because the power that the elite or whenever clich you want to use, they don't think people want serious news. it did put out serious news on a regular basis by and large m
and michelle obama. us weekly is the same, people magazine. there are so many outlets that have no interest in washington because they were traditionally thought of as boring and stale. but just in the past four years and is significantly out. >> host: from politico this evening, people watching in washington, d.c. the headline is mccain it's a tv show, the daughter of senator john mccain. we go to michigan next, to hear from glen. >> i would like to say a couple things about...
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the book includes thoughts from michelle obama on the role of flayeds -- first ladies throughout history. it's available for $12.95 plus shipping. at c-span.org/products. glmpleght coming up on c-span2. active host host a forum on issues facing latino community. then the colombia university school of journalism exams media coverage of mass shootings and the perpetrators. wednesday morning, a look at the legal ramifications of companies using social media information in the hiring process. next a discussion on the state laugh teen america. looking at immigration, jobs, education, politics, drugs, the media, and foreign policy. tavis smiley presents and the william substitute hosts this event. from chicago state university, this is three hours. >> i'm honored ton the moderator for the the conversation called latino nation beyond the numbers. let me ask you to welcome the panel for those in the audience. please welcome the panel we assembled here today for the >> p conversation. [applause] i'm going introduce them one bys one as we get to the del conversation. ighted to be moderatingtwo pan
the book includes thoughts from michelle obama on the role of flayeds -- first ladies throughout history. it's available for $12.95 plus shipping. at c-span.org/products. glmpleght coming up on c-span2. active host host a forum on issues facing latino community. then the colombia university school of journalism exams media coverage of mass shootings and the perpetrators. wednesday morning, a look at the legal ramifications of companies using social media information in the hiring process. next...
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michelle obama ♪ [applause] >> good evening, everybody. please have a seat. well, on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. this is one of my favorite events every year. especially, it's special this year as i look at this extraordinary group of individuals, and our opportunity to honor them with our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. and this year it's just a little more special because this marks the 50th anniversary of president kennedy establishing this award. we are honored, by the way, today to have with us one of my favorite people, at full kennedy -- fo kennedy, a pretty good basketball letter, president kennedy's grandson, jag. [applause] this metal has been bestow it on more than 500 deserving people. tonight i'm looking forward to joining some of these honorees as was members of the kennedy family as we pay tribute to these 50 years of excellence. and this morning we are honored to at 16 new names to this distinguished list. today, we salute there's competitors who became true champions in the sw
michelle obama ♪ [applause] >> good evening, everybody. please have a seat. well, on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. this is one of my favorite events every year. especially, it's special this year as i look at this extraordinary group of individuals, and our opportunity to honor them with our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. and this year it's just a little more special because this marks the 50th anniversary of president...
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from martha washington to michelle obama, and a first of its kind project for television. see someone begins monday night at nine eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch the program earlier in the daylight at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the house home and to give subcommittee on oversight this morning is examining the performance of homeland security department over the 10 years since the 9/11 attack. witnesses include an official from the government accountability office which listed several areas under dhs control in his most recent high-risk list. the report highlights government programs and agencies that may be vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement or are most in need of brought before. this hearing should get underway in just a moment. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee on homeland security subcommittee on oversight and management officials will come to order. the purpose of this hearing is to examine the efficiency of the department of homeland security and how wisely their spending taxp
from martha washington to michelle obama, and a first of its kind project for television. see someone begins monday night at nine eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch the program earlier in the daylight at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the house home and to give subcommittee on oversight this morning is examining the performance of homeland security department over the 10 years since the 9/11 attack. witnesses include an official from the government...
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this afternoon over on c-span, secretary of state john kerry and first lady michelle obama honor the 2013 international women of courage award recipients. they recognize women around the world that have shown courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights. that is at 3:00 p.m. on on c-span. earlier today in the washington the labor department releasing the jobs numbers. unemployment rate dropping from 7.9% to 7.7% in february and the economy adding 236,000 jobs. this is the lowest level of unemployment in four years. reaction from washington, some reaction. senator harry reid, the majority leader said today's numbers show our economy is growing and is is toed to grow even faster in the months to come. on the other side house speaker john boehner said in part, any job creation is positive news but the fact is, unemmoment in america is still way above the levels the obama white house projected when the trillion dollar stimulus spending bill was enacted. you can find a link by the way to that february report on our website, c-span.org. and news from rome today. catholic cardina
this afternoon over on c-span, secretary of state john kerry and first lady michelle obama honor the 2013 international women of courage award recipients. they recognize women around the world that have shown courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights. that is at 3:00 p.m. on on c-span. earlier today in the washington the labor department releasing the jobs numbers. unemployment rate dropping from 7.9% to 7.7% in february and the economy adding 236,000 jobs. this is the lowest...
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certainly president obama and more michelle obama but if the candidates want from me, he's clearly indicating he will show up. >> host: a special election at the end of the month, june 25th in massachusetts. the special election to replace the secretary of state john kerry. from the newspaper gomez is the key for taking the senate in the tough race against of a congressman. what are you looking at? >> guest: the race is going to get nastier as we get closer. markey, a veteran of the house, he is basically the favorite. but he's not a huge favorite so that's where republicans think they can pull another type of scott brown. they haven't said that he is another scott brown. he says i am my own person. it's interesting that in the various interviews he's compared himself to get the independent vote so this is the key. remember they need six seats to take back the majority. as mitch mcconnell is indicating this is a key phrase and we have a momentum. there is no doubt about it. that republicans winning in massachusetts would be in upset. >> host: the managing editor of the hill newspaper. thank y
certainly president obama and more michelle obama but if the candidates want from me, he's clearly indicating he will show up. >> host: a special election at the end of the month, june 25th in massachusetts. the special election to replace the secretary of state john kerry. from the newspaper gomez is the key for taking the senate in the tough race against of a congressman. what are you looking at? >> guest: the race is going to get nastier as we get closer. markey, a veteran of the...
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. >> season two from edith roosevelt to michelle obama live monday night including your calls, facebook comments and weeks starting september 9 at 9 eastern on c-span. >> tonight we will conclude the encore presentation of season one of our series with first lady ida mckinley. >> and live now to the white house for c-span's coverage of today's medal of freedom ceremony honoring army staff sergeant ty carter, expected to start any moment now and again live coverage here on c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and military leaders gathering here for the medal of honor ceremony. this is for ty carter. he was in afghanistan in 2000. he was with the army black knights true. is getting today the nation's highest military honor for killing enemy troops, keeping american soldiers supplied with ammunition and risking his own life to save an injured soldier on the battlefield who's been down by a barrage of enemy fire. that's all according to an interview he did with npr. as we wait, watching the room filled and waiting for the medal of honor ceremony to honor ty carter and his service in the army. ♪ â™
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and his wife michelle of the of the most glamorous couples and the kennedys. six years have passed since gupta set down in the three term global managing director for consultinconsultin g giant kinsey. he sat on a handful of corporate lords goldman sachs proctor & gamble and american airlines to name a few. his wife anita had hoped his retirement from the the top job at mackenzie would slow him down but he was in the throes of building his own private equity company from scratch. jetting from continent to continent living out of a suitcase he was as an intent on being a game-changer in private equity and philanthropy as he had been during his storied career. .. the ostensible province of the evening was honored the indian prime minister of the evening, the event serve as a barometer for how far and fast immigrant groups have risen. in one generation indian americans involved in outsiders to polish prayers in all facets of american society. if they want to make small talk in the security line with a fortune 500 ceo he could approach jeff immelt or someone else,
and his wife michelle of the of the most glamorous couples and the kennedys. six years have passed since gupta set down in the three term global managing director for consultinconsultin g giant kinsey. he sat on a handful of corporate lords goldman sachs proctor & gamble and american airlines to name a few. his wife anita had hoped his retirement from the the top job at mackenzie would slow him down but he was in the throes of building his own private equity company from scratch. jetting...
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and his wife, michele, the most glamorous political couple since the kennedys. it had taken awhile for and to step down from mckinsey. that he was busier than ever. he sat on a handful of corporate boards of goldman sachs, procter and gamble and american airlines to name a few. he hoped his retirement from the top job would slow him down but he was in the throes of building his own private equity company from scratch. jennings from continent to comment in the suitcase as intent on being a game changing private equity and philanthropy as he had been during at storied career in conforming. dressed in a black suit with a handkerchief and pocket he made his way to the south lawn from the gilded east room which served as a staging area for the dinner. at every turn he ran into friends, chatted with a new age physician wearing his signature gems that eyeglasses, mingling with a top lawyer in the new administration and caught up with governor bobby jindal, the republican governor of louisiana. his parents migrated to america from india six months before he was born. he
and his wife, michele, the most glamorous political couple since the kennedys. it had taken awhile for and to step down from mckinsey. that he was busier than ever. he sat on a handful of corporate boards of goldman sachs, procter and gamble and american airlines to name a few. he hoped his retirement from the top job would slow him down but he was in the throes of building his own private equity company from scratch. jennings from continent to comment in the suitcase as intent on being a game...
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the president and first lady michelle obama traveled to boston this morning why the attended and intercooled prayer service that was held in honor of the three victims killed. the service was held at the guthrie do of the holy cross. the president's remarks are just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. please. hello, boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. run with endurance the race that is set before us. morning, the e over boston. the sunlight glistened off the statehouse dome, in a common, in the public garden spring was in bloom. on this patriots' day, like so many before, fans jumped up to see the sox at fenway. runners laced up their shoes and set out on a 26-point tomorrow test of dedication and great and the human spirit. and across the city, hundreds of thousands of bostonians lined the streets. to hand the runners cups of water, and to cheer them on. it was a beautiful day to be in boston. a day that explained why a poet once wrote that this town is not just the capital, not just a place. boston, he said, is the perfect state of grace.
the president and first lady michelle obama traveled to boston this morning why the attended and intercooled prayer service that was held in honor of the three victims killed. the service was held at the guthrie do of the holy cross. the president's remarks are just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. please. hello, boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. run with endurance the race that is set before us. morning, the e over boston. the...
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obama. >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell shared the stage saturday with his 2014 campaign rivals at a picnic and fund-raiser in the town of fancy farm, kentucky. senator mcconnell is facing a primary challenge from tea party-backed businessman, matt beavin. mcconnell's likely democratic opponent is secretary of state, alison grimes. also speaking, democratic candidate, ed marksberry. this is courtesy of kentucky educational television. [shouting] >> all right. well, thank you very much. thank you. >> we want mitch. we want mitch. >> we want mitch. >> i want to thank jerome, i want to jerome for another incredible fancy farm. we also, you're also well-represented by representative richard heat, state senator stan humphries, obviously congressman ed whitfield and commissioner of agriculture jamie comber is with us here today. we appreciate them all. but look, before i get started, i want to say how nice it is, how nice it is to see jerry lundigan back in the game. like the loyal democrat he is, he is taking orders from the obama campaign on how to run his daughter's campaign
obama. >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell shared the stage saturday with his 2014 campaign rivals at a picnic and fund-raiser in the town of fancy farm, kentucky. senator mcconnell is facing a primary challenge from tea party-backed businessman, matt beavin. mcconnell's likely democratic opponent is secretary of state, alison grimes. also speaking, democratic candidate, ed marksberry. this is courtesy of kentucky educational television. [shouting] >> all right. well, thank...
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and michelle obama will watch the parade. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] preparation continue for the 57th presidential inauguration and sunday just before noon and will be the official swearing-in at the white house monday the public inaugural ceremony under way at the swearing in of the capitol and also the inaugural luncheon at the capitol and the afternoon parade will take your comments throughout the weekend on facebook and twitter and live coverage starts at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span radio and cspan.org. back now to the conference on disasters and the environment for a panel examining issues impacting the gulf coast including potential vulnerabilities to hurricanes and other disasters to the wetlands and degradation of ecological barriers. this is posted by the national council for science and the environment. it's about an hour. >> our next plenary brings home many of these issues of cascading disasters and multiple events impacting each other on a more regional scale. this
and michelle obama will watch the parade. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] preparation continue for the 57th presidential inauguration and sunday just before noon and will be the official swearing-in at the white house monday the public inaugural ceremony under way at the swearing in of the capitol and also the inaugural luncheon at the capitol and the afternoon parade will take your comments throughout the weekend on facebook and twitter and live...
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. >> season two of "first ladies" from edith roosevelt to michelle obama. live monday nights including your calls, facebook comments and tweets starting september 9th at 9 eastern on c-span. and tonight we'll conclude the encore presentation of season one of our series with first lady ida mckinley. >> georgia democratic congressman john lewis spoke recently about his experiences organizing and speaking at the 1963 march on washington where martin luther king jr. delivered his "i have a dream" speech. congressman lewis made these remarks during a town hall meeting in washington commemorating the 50th answerers -- anniversary of the march. other speakers include hank thomas. this event was hosted by thefy beta sigma fraternity. >> good afternoon. i am ivory lyle, i'm the international director for phi bay that sigma -- pay that sigma, and i want to welcome you here this evening. it is our intent to have a conversation about moving forward. it has been, it is so critical that as we look at this town hall meeting today that we take a retrospective look on where
. >> season two of "first ladies" from edith roosevelt to michelle obama. live monday nights including your calls, facebook comments and tweets starting september 9th at 9 eastern on c-span. and tonight we'll conclude the encore presentation of season one of our series with first lady ida mckinley. >> georgia democratic congressman john lewis spoke recently about his experiences organizing and speaking at the 1963 march on washington where martin luther king jr. delivered...
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from edith roosevelt to michelle obama. >>> you are watching c-span2. now we are ready to show a portion of this morning's washington journal, a discussion on the keystone xl pipeline. >> on your screen as congressman terrie republican from nebraska and the commerce committee in his eighth term. we were talking about the budget process in the first segment of the washington journal and the fact that the congress is leaving and there's budget issues coming out and a potential shutdown on august 1st. what are your thoughts? >> this happens every year this time of year we would start one without the continuing resolution because the appropriation bills have not been passed. we have four or five in the house struggling even beyond that. so, it just means september is going to be an interesting months. >> why does it happen every year and would you like to see happen in september? >> it happens every year because there are different interests and different philosophies on passing appropriations bills between the house and the senate. so it seems like we alwa
from edith roosevelt to michelle obama. >>> you are watching c-span2. now we are ready to show a portion of this morning's washington journal, a discussion on the keystone xl pipeline. >> on your screen as congressman terrie republican from nebraska and the commerce committee in his eighth term. we were talking about the budget process in the first segment of the washington journal and the fact that the congress is leaving and there's budget issues coming out and a potential...
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. >> david hirsani, author of "obama's four horsemen." thanks. >> thank you. >> last month week tv launched our online book club with a discussion of michelle al sand alexander's book. and all month long you posted your comments on our facebook page and on twitter which culminated in a live, moderated discussion. here's what some of you had to say. >> join us this month as we read jeb bush and clint bolick's book, "immigration wars: forging an american solution." and as you read, post your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag btvbookclub. you can also watch jeb bush's recent appearance on booktv by visiting booktv.org and then join us on tuesday, april 30th, at 9 p.m. eastern for a live, moderated discussion on twitter and facebook. >> david is the author of "spin masters: how the media ignored the real news and helped reelect barack obama." what was the real news that was ignored here? >> well, you had a great number of things. i mean, stories about the economy, stories about foreign policy, etc. what really prompted me to write "spin
. >> david hirsani, author of "obama's four horsemen." thanks. >> thank you. >> last month week tv launched our online book club with a discussion of michelle al sand alexander's book. and all month long you posted your comments on our facebook page and on twitter which culminated in a live, moderated discussion. here's what some of you had to say. >> join us this month as we read jeb bush and clint bolick's book, "immigration wars: forging an american...
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. >> host: joining us now is michele flournoy, secretary of defense for policy under the obama administration who served from 2009 until 2012. secretary michele flournoy, are we mobilizing the war right now? >> no, absolutely not. what you are seeing on the part of the united states is a regular set of exercises that we hold almost every year. i think that there is a desire on the part of the administration to signal our strong support and are willingness to support our defense commitments and so forth. but actually not. i think of anything right now, everyone is wanting to try to tamp down the tension on this. >> host: are these tensions different than in the past? >> guest: they are and they aren't. you know, we have seen cycles of provocations before. from north korea and the previous leader before that. we have a new and young and experienced leader in place who is right now very worried about consolidating his own internal power. so in some ways playing two constituencies in north korea. but also inexperienced in terms of knowing how to manage this. the worried is because this could be p
. >> host: joining us now is michele flournoy, secretary of defense for policy under the obama administration who served from 2009 until 2012. secretary michele flournoy, are we mobilizing the war right now? >> no, absolutely not. what you are seeing on the part of the united states is a regular set of exercises that we hold almost every year. i think that there is a desire on the part of the administration to signal our strong support and are willingness to support our defense...
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obama. >> last week the center for strategic and international studies hosted a discussion with iraq's foreign minister who talked about u.s./iraq relations, iran's nuclear program and counterterrorism efforts in fighting al-qaeda. the foreign myster met with secretary of state john kerry during his visit as part of the joint coordination committee. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much for your great introduction and thank you, john, also for inviting us to the csis and with this distinguished crowd. i know many of you in person, i work with some of you, we've dealt with you in the past, and i'm really honored to be among you today on this friday. i'm honored also this could be the last lecture here in this building, so i have the honor to speak to the csis before it moves to its new building. this is another honor, i think. thank you. i'm here to offer a view from iraq and the region. and being honest and frank with you, really i'll devote most of my time to the question to q&a rather than giving you a ready-made piece of what you want to hear from me.
obama. >> last week the center for strategic and international studies hosted a discussion with iraq's foreign minister who talked about u.s./iraq relations, iran's nuclear program and counterterrorism efforts in fighting al-qaeda. the foreign myster met with secretary of state john kerry during his visit as part of the joint coordination committee. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much for your great introduction and thank you, john, also for...
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and so i think as we, as we set up politifact also for our obama meter, that we decided we would not be slaves to the old form of journalism and would create something new. >> i guess we'll go in order here. so i work for politico, which is an all-politics publication, now politics and policy. so we've expanded a little bit in the past couple of years and continue to expand. but we're very much directed at being fast, being smart, trying to think of the story that the post and the times and the others might do for the next day, and we do it quicker and and sooner. we have a terrific team of reporters and editors who work to make it look smart. and we're directed very much at influence makers, inside the beltway and out. it's been a big shift more me because before i worked at politico, i was at "usa today" which also has terrific journalists but is mass publication directed at explaining things to all people, including people who might not be so familiar to politics. so it's been a real shift to go to more of the inside perspective. but at the same time we want to be interesting and
and so i think as we, as we set up politifact also for our obama meter, that we decided we would not be slaves to the old form of journalism and would create something new. >> i guess we'll go in order here. so i work for politico, which is an all-politics publication, now politics and policy. so we've expanded a little bit in the past couple of years and continue to expand. but we're very much directed at being fast, being smart, trying to think of the story that the post and the times...
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certainly michelle obama doing nutrition and good habits for our children. laura bush has done so much to help women in the countries where they aren't equal partners, and i think our first ladies -- hillary, also, helping women in other countries. hillary and were the honor co-chairs where we bring in the women who have stood up to regimes that have suppressed women, and we honor them and we encourage them to keep making their contributions to the country. all of our first ladies have had mark on our country that has been positive. i'm so glad that you are continuing to do those all the way through our present first lady because we should do more to assure their good deeds are rewarded by a part of our history. >> the last -- kay bailey hutchison comes from shirley in wisconsin. hi, shirley. shirley? turn down the tv. go ahead. >> caller: hello? >> hi. >> hello. my son made trip to europe last spring, and he a bus trip to paris, france, texas has its own u.s. embassy. it's a texas embassy. is that true? he saw it! but why would texas have its own embassy? >
certainly michelle obama doing nutrition and good habits for our children. laura bush has done so much to help women in the countries where they aren't equal partners, and i think our first ladies -- hillary, also, helping women in other countries. hillary and were the honor co-chairs where we bring in the women who have stood up to regimes that have suppressed women, and we honor them and we encourage them to keep making their contributions to the country. all of our first ladies have had mark...
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rachel sworn looks at michele obama's ancestry in american tapestry. for more information on the first lady ceres visit c-span.org/firstladies. monday, booktv continues our programming with scientology, winston churchill, michele alexander on the new jim crow, max boot on guerrilla warfare, jonathan katz on haiti aide just to name a few. watch these programs and more on weekend on booktv for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> if you cut demand for somebody's product per day by 50% you must have crushed prices. here is what happened. the average amount of medicare reimburses the day in a hospital has grown by 5 x since 1983. sixty% decline in the number of patients, increase in the price, we should be so lucky. i want to be in that business. there's another statistic which is entirely sort of irrelevant. hospitals tell medicare what their costs are so that medicare can compare the price they pay to hospital costs. in those 30 years that medicare increased the price by five times, hospitals reported that their costs have increased big time. the in
rachel sworn looks at michele obama's ancestry in american tapestry. for more information on the first lady ceres visit c-span.org/firstladies. monday, booktv continues our programming with scientology, winston churchill, michele alexander on the new jim crow, max boot on guerrilla warfare, jonathan katz on haiti aide just to name a few. watch these programs and more on weekend on booktv for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> if you cut demand for somebody's product per day by 50%...
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i would, michele was just quoting from president obama's remarks last week. and i would agree with her that his remarks reflect a positive shift if they're implemented. but i would also add that we have seen remarks from the president and from other high right to use officials in the past that would've suggested a shift in u.s. policy that i think would've been the right shifts. tamara referenced the president's speech in may 2011. in that speech the president sort of boldly declared that support for democratic principles in the middle east and north africa when no longer be a secondary priority of the united states it would be a top rarity, supported by all of the political and strategic and economic tools available to the united states. i think that was exactly the right shifts that was needed in the spring of 2011. i think, sadly, we haven't seen that reflected at all in u.s. policy since been. and i would fear that the remarks last week by president obama might be only sort of repetition of the administration and the president saying the right thing but r
i would, michele was just quoting from president obama's remarks last week. and i would agree with her that his remarks reflect a positive shift if they're implemented. but i would also add that we have seen remarks from the president and from other high right to use officials in the past that would've suggested a shift in u.s. policy that i think would've been the right shifts. tamara referenced the president's speech in may 2011. in that speech the president sort of boldly declared that...
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on tuesday, president obama will hold talks in a news conference with the president of tans knee that, and visit the power plant, and first lady, michelle, participating in a forum hosted by laura bush promoting women's education, health, and economic empower. the family scheduled to worn wednesday. with congress on a break, we have booktv interviews and discussions with nonfiction artists on the latest workment tonight, we look at technology and the internet beginning at 8:35 eastern, former marketing director of facebook and sister and founder of mark zuckerberg soon to push her first book and a chirp's book. at 8:35, we discuss the link between the rise of digital networks and the economic recession and who owns the future. at 10:20 tonight, the new book "the digital age," and watch booktv in prime time beginning at 8:35 eastern right here on c-span2. on c-span tonight, southwest airline's ceo, aaron kelly, on travel in the country taking questions from an audience at the university of denver. we'll open up the phone lines for your thoughts on the subject and what advice you'd like
on tuesday, president obama will hold talks in a news conference with the president of tans knee that, and visit the power plant, and first lady, michelle, participating in a forum hosted by laura bush promoting women's education, health, and economic empower. the family scheduled to worn wednesday. with congress on a break, we have booktv interviews and discussions with nonfiction artists on the latest workment tonight, we look at technology and the internet beginning at 8:35 eastern, former...
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obama but the steel magnolia aspect. >> yes. if my second book i do profile of the first lady's. they are the unpaid heroines' of this country. they are ambassadors, and they have done so much to improve the quality of life whether it is just a note from nancy reagan, literacy with barbara bush, and michelle obama and does nutrition and good habits for children. laura bush to help women in the country's were there not equal partners. even hillary and i will be honorary co-chair where we bring in the women who have stood up to regimes that have suppressed women in we honor them and encourage them to keep making contributions to their country. all first ladies have had a marked that has been positive and i am so glad you are continuing to do those through the present first ladies because we should fisher they are rewarded by a part of our history. >> host: our last call comes from wisconsin. >> caller: hello. my son made a trip to europe last three and had a bus trip through paris in france and texas has its own embassy. is that t
obama but the steel magnolia aspect. >> yes. if my second book i do profile of the first lady's. they are the unpaid heroines' of this country. they are ambassadors, and they have done so much to improve the quality of life whether it is just a note from nancy reagan, literacy with barbara bush, and michelle obama and does nutrition and good habits for children. laura bush to help women in the country's were there not equal partners. even hillary and i will be honorary co-chair where we...